SUNDAY, Aug. 18

International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Buxton, and Bodie Island Lighthouse, Nags Head. HAM radio operators will set up radios to talk with over 500 Lighthouse locations around the world.

 

MONDAY, Aug. 19

American Red Cross Blood Drive. 9 to 11:45 a.m. Currituck Family YMCA.

Rip Currents and Beach Hazards Information. 9:30 a.m. Hatteras Island Rescue Squad, 48310 NC 12, Buxton. Station 35. Free. Beach safety program for all ages.

A Day at the Beach: 100 Years of Swimwear. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Through Sept. 30. Roanoke Island Festival Park. Vintage swimwear from late 1800s through 1980s. Free.

Harmony Café. 12:30 to 3 p.m. Dare County Center, 950 Marshall C. Collins Dr., Manteo. Riff Tides perform.

Primetimers. Noon to 2 p.m. Potluck lunch. Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Building, Rodanthe. All ages welcome

Outer Banks Hospital Better Breathers Club. Noon to 1 p.m. Baum Senior Center, 300 Mustian St., Kill Devil Hills. Managing COPD and other lung disease.

American Red Cross Blood Drive. 2:15 to 5:15 p.m. Currituck Health and Rehab. Barco

American Red Cross Blood Drive. 3 to 7 p.m. Widow’s Son Lodge #75, Camden.

Outer Banks Shag Dance Club meets every Monday, 6 to 9 p.m., at Duck Woods Country Club, 50 South Dogwood Trail, Southern Shores. For information, obxshagclub.com.

AL-ANON. 7 p.m. Unitarian Church, Kitty Hawk, corner of Kitty Hawk Rd. and Herbert Perry Rd., 831 Herbert Perry Rd. Open Meeting.

Manteo Rotary Club. 6 p.m. The Hungry Pelican, Manteo. Meets first and third Monday of each month. Anyone interested in joining the club is invited to attend a meeting.

 

TUESDAY, Aug. 20

Yoga on the Green. 7:30 a.m. Town of Duck Green

Yoga on the Lawn. 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Dowdy Park, 3005. S. Croatan Hwy., Nags Head. Through Sept. 24

Birding the Barrier Island. 7:30 to 9 a.m. Hatteras Island Ocean Center, MP 71, Hatteras village. Free.

NC DMV. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hyde County Government Building, 13 Main St., Swan Quarter.

Avon Farmer’s Market. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Beach Klub, Avon. Continues weekly through Sept. 3

SCORE, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce, 101 Town Hall Dr., Kill Devil Hills. For information, call (252) 256-9717.

North Banks Rotary Club. 1 p.m. Luncheon meeting. The Ramada Plaza Oceanfront, 1701 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Kill Devil Hills. Visitors RSVP to nbanksrotary@gmail.com

Salty Dawgs Lecture. 2 p.m. Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, Hatteras village, close to ferry docks. Free. Josh Nonnenmocher brings maritime songs.

Saving Lives Task Force, 3 p.m., Dare County Administration Building, 954 Marshall C. Collins Dr., Manteo.

BINGO, First Flight Lions Club. 2706 N. Croatan Hwy., Kill Devil Hills. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games begin at 7 p.m.

5th Annual Surf and Sounds Chamber Music Series. Piano Quintet. 7:30 p.m. All Saints Episcopal Church, Southern Shores. Don & Catharine Bryan Cultural Series.

 

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21

Dynamic Flow on the Green. 7:30 a.m. Town of Duck, 1200 Duck Rd. Natural, practical and playful calisthenics. Free. Find out more at moveunbound.com. Through Sept. 4

NC DMV. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hatteras Village Civic Center, 57709 NC 12, Hatteras

Guided Hikes. 9:30 a.m. to 11ish. Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve. Slow-paced nature hike, about 2 miles. Free.

Secotan Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hwy. 345, 2.5 miles south of Hwy. 64 intersection on way to Wanchese.

Grub Club. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. St. John United Methodist Church, Avon. Kids of all ages invited for a free midday meal while school is out. Through Aug. 21.

History for Lunch. Haunted: Jim Wilcox Remembers Nell Cropsey. 12:15 p.m. Museum of the Albemarle, 501 S. Water Street, Elizabeth City.

Dune Day. Carolista Baum’s Birthday celebration. 4 to 6 p.m. Jockey’s Ridge State Park Visitor Center, 300 W. Carolista Dr., Nags Head. MP 12, Hwy. 158. Live music. Children activities. Celebratory cupcakes. Citizen Science.

Summer Concert Series. 6 to 8 p.m. Dowdy Park, 3005 S. Croatan Hwy., Nags Head. Riff Tides performing. Free. Open to the public. Every Wednesday through Aug. 28.

BINGO. Colington Volunteer Fire Dept., 108 Schoolhouse Rd., Colington. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games begin at 6:30 p.m.

BINGO. Cape Hatteras Anglers Club, 47231 Light Plant Rd., Buxton. Doors open 6 p.m. Games: 7 p.m. (252) 995-4253.

5th Annual Surf and Sounds Chamber Music Series. String Quartet. 6:30 p.m. Town of Duck Amphitheater, Duck. Don & Catharine Bryan Cultural Series.

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